Archive for October, 2007

Costume Party

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

For Halloween this year, six friends (David, Gregory, Mark, Rob, Steven, and Theodore) each chose their costume according to a certain rule. Can you figure out that rule, and determine which kid is wearing which costume? (Click to enlarge the image.)

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Up A Tree

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Can you place each of the five-lettered trees shown below into one set of blanks to complete a common word?

1. _ _ NI _ U _ AT _

2. _ _ _ DWAT _ _ ER

3. _ AL _ N _ _ _

4. _ _ PRE _ _ _ Y

5. _ _ _ _ AUS _

6. LE _ R _ _ H _ U _

7. _ L _ UST _ _ PHO _ IA

APPLE
BIRCH
CAROB
CEDAR
MAPLE
PECAN
SUMAC

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Circular Reasoning

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Fill in a letter in each circle below to complete a six-letter word. The word can read either clockwise or counterclockwise, and you’ll have to figure out where each word starts. (Click to enlarge.)

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Food Fight!

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Can you replace each of the letters below with a digit from 0 to 9 so that the equation is correct? A letter must be replaced with the same digit every time it appears.

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Three in a Row

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Fill the blank in each word with three consecutive letters of the alphabet to make a common word.

1. THI___

2. CA___Y

3. ___EAT

4. SI___NG

5. PA___RE

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Pathfinder

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Place the letters of each president’s name into the puzzle so that you can spell out the name by tracing a path from circle to circle. Can you solve all three? (Click to enlarge.)

To see where the first letter of each name goes, click here.

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Containers

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

1. Which of the United States contains the word WHAM?

2. What talk show host’s name contains the word IDLE?

3. What brand of food contains the word AGENDA?

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Car Talk

Monday, October 15th, 2007

AUDI   BUICK   CADILLAC   JEEP   MAZDA   PONTIAC   PORSCHE   SAAB   SUBARU   TOYOTA

  1. Which car name becomes a new word when you change the first letter to Q?
  2. Which car name can be broken up into a pair of opposites when the middle letter is turned into a space?
  3. Which car name can have its letters scrambled to a new word meaning “the text accompanying a picture?”
  4. Which car name can have its letters scrambled to make a new word meaning “enclosed areas generally attached to houses?”
  5. Which car name contains an herb somewhere within it?
  6. Which car name has another vehicle spelled backwards within it?
  7. Which car name is the front half of a word meaning “witnesses to an event?”
  8. Which car name makes an animal sound when you drop the first letter and spell the rest backward?
  9. Which car name punnily completes this sentence: “Don’t worry, it’s not very expensive. In fact, it’s really quite ____.”
  10. Which car name would be a palindrome — reading the same backwards and forwards — if it had one more letter in front?

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Celebrity Split-ups

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Can you rearrange each set of letter pairs below to spell the name of a celebrity?

1. LL EB HA RY ER

2. UL UL BD LA PA

3. DS GE OO RW TI

4. CK AN JA CH IE

5. BE ER LL NS TI

6. NS WA TE JO RT

7. US LE YC MI YR

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Judging Books By Their Covers

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Can you figure out what each set of four books below has in common?

 

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